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Today is Fat Friday. It’s also the release date of a new Aphex Twin EP. This rare confluence of events is the reason I’m cooking burgers and playing Aphex Twin at lunchtime. Fat Friday was originally inaugurated by a former work colleague of mine, the weekend’s almost here, let’s go for some greasy shit on … Read more
Nntng – There Is A Place For Me [Digitally Released] July’s album of the month is the fourth album from Nntng, There Is A Place For Me. This idiosyncratic German producer first came to my attention with his first release on Lobster Theremin way back in 2014. From blissful downtempo tracks to upbeat sonorous techno, … Read more
Black Sunday – Cypress Hill – Ruffhouse/Columbia Records – Released July 20th 1993 Black Sunday is the multi-platinum selling second album from LA hiphop trio Cypress Hill. The group was formed in the late 80s and released their eponymous debut in 1991. This first album was well received in the hiphop community, with the single … Read more
There’s a line in Sure Shot, the opening track of 1994’s Ill Communication, that’s stuck with me for almost 30 years. Right near the very beginning MCA proclaims; “I’ve got more rhymes than I got grey hairs, and that’s a lot because I got my shares.” As a teenager it was incongruous to imagine that … Read more
Ireland at the end of the 1980s felt like being chained up in the leaky basement of Bob’s country bunker. Dance music meant either showband geriatrics or parish hall discos where they always played the national anthem at the end of the night. Though if you were really lucky you might get to hear the … Read more
Thirty years ago this month, Bjork’s Debut struck our jaded grey planet like a kaleidoscopic meteor, shattering the concrete edifices of the musical mainstream and shrouding us all in symphonic clouds of post-acid house glitter. Forget desert island discs, Bjork’s Debut is my Voyager space probe disc, the one and only album I would choose … Read more
Richard D James is like that elusive friend we all have who hibernates for most of the year, before emerging briefly during festival season determined to unleash bloody mayhem. His Sonar appearance not only launched a busy schedule of tour dates, it also coincided with the first (non-label) Aphex Twin releases since 2019. As with … Read more
20HZ Remixes EP – Capricorn. Released June 16th 2023 on R&S Records 20HZ by Capricorn is a 90s anthem which has once again been given the remix treatment on this 30th anniversary release from R&S Records. The track was first recorded in 1992 by Dutch engineer/producer Hans Weekhout, making the track now 31 years old. … Read more
Carl Cox at the Pyramids, Giza, Egypt – May 2023 We all have people in our lives who only contact us to alter our plans. “Hey Carl, long time no speak, what’s up?” “OH YES! OH YES!”, bellowed the voice down the phone, “I just got a gig at the Pyramids!” The penny dropped, this … Read more
Laurent Garnier – 33 Tours Et Puis S’en Vont – Cod3QR Records [Digital Version] In my personal pantheon of DJs you will find two distinct categories, technical wizards and expert selectors. Top of the technical wizards for me is Jeff Mills, a man who can field strip an SL1210 blindfolded in under 14 seconds before … Read more